That means that on the average teams in the FBS (1A) have a home winning % that is 23.7% greater than their away winning percentage. Now you guys know me by now. I cant leave things go at just that without having a few more questions answered. I wonder which teams play at a much higher level at home than they do on the road. This would be answered by taking the home winning % and subtracting the road %. Also which teams are true road warriors almost playing as well on the road as they do at home? Here are the results for all 120 teams for their home and away records this decades. I ranked them in order of biggest disparity between home and away % to the lowest.

Home %

Away %

Difference

Home %

Away %

Difference

1

TROY

87.8%

37.1%

50.7%

61

TEXAS A&M

62.7%

40.9%

21.8%

2

ARK ST

62.5%

17.9%

44.6%

62

ILLINOIS

51.8%

30.2%

21.6%

3

MARSHALL

75.0%

33.3%

41.7%

63

CENTRAL MICH

55.3%

33.9%

21.4%

4

VIRGINIA

73.7%

34.7%

39.0%

64

CLEMSON

73.3%

52.4%

21.0%

5

LOUIS TECH

65.9%

27.4%

38.5%

65

COLORADO

60.4%

39.5%

20.8%

6

KANSAS

62.7%

26.2%

36.5%

66

LOUISIANA

45.8%

25.0%

20.8%

7

PENN ST

75.4%

39.5%

35.9%

67

MICHIGAN

78.7%

58.1%

20.5%

8

IOWA

77.6%

42.2%

35.4%

68

FIU

39.5%

19.0%

20.5%

9

TOLEDO

79.2%

44.2%

35.0%

69

COLO ST

63.3%

42.9%

20.4%

10

KANSAS ST

71.4%

36.6%

34.8%

70

NORTH TEXAS

48.9%

28.8%

20.1%

11

NEBRASKA

79.7%

45.2%

34.4%

71

S CAROLINA

63.9%

44.2%

19.7%

12

USF

79.6%

45.8%

33.8%

72

BOISE ST

96.6%

76.9%

19.6%

13

TEXAS TECH

82.5%

49.0%

33.5%

73

FLORIDA

84.5%

64.9%

19.6%

14

IOWA ST

58.6%

25.5%

33.1%

74

WASHINGTON

50.0%

30.4%

19.6%

15

OREGON ST

78.2%

46.0%

32.2%

75

LSU

84.4%

65.0%

19.4%

16

UTAH ST

45.5%

13.6%

31.9%

76

WISCONSIN

74.2%

55.6%

18.6%

17

MIDDLE TENN

64.4%

32.8%

31.7%

77

ULM

40.0%

22.0%

18.0%

18

CINCINNATI

75.5%

44.2%

31.2%

78

LOUISVILLE

80.4%

62.5%

17.9%

19

SAN JOSE ST

58.7%

27.9%

30.8%

79

FLA ATLANTIC

55.3%

37.5%

17.8%

20

WYOMING

48.1%

17.3%

30.8%

80

OKLAHOMA

96.5%

78.9%

17.5%

21

RICE

59.1%

28.6%

30.5%

81

SAN DIEGO ST

41.2%

23.6%

17.5%

22

INDIANA

47.4%

17.0%

30.3%

82

NORTH CAROLINA

50.0%

32.7%

17.3%

23

HAWAII

74.3%

44.2%

30.1%

83

RUTGERS

51.7%

34.8%

16.9%

24

MARYLAND

75.4%

45.7%

29.8%

84

NC STATE

60.0%

43.2%

16.8%

25

BAYLOR

42.1%

12.8%

29.3%

85

BYU

72.2%

55.8%

16.5%

26

MISSOURI

67.3%

38.1%

29.2%

86

UNLV

42.3%

25.9%

16.4%

27

NEVADA

61.5%

32.7%

28.8%

87

FLORIDA ST

75.0%

58.7%

16.3%

28

E MICHIGAN

41.3%

13.0%

28.3%

88

MEMPHIS

54.4%

38.3%

16.1%

29

ARIZONA ST

68.3%

40.0%

28.3%

89

PITTSBURGH

66.7%

51.1%

15.6%

30

N ILLINOIS

72.5%

44.2%

28.3%

90

SOUTHERN MISS

67.3%

51.8%

15.6%

31

SYRACUSE

52.7%

24.5%

28.2%

91

OREGON

77.2%

61.7%

15.5%

32

W MICHIGAN

64.6%

36.4%

28.2%

92

BUFFALO

31.3%

16.1%

15.2%

33

PURDUE

69.5%

41.3%

28.2%

93

TEMPLE

32.0%

17.0%

15.0%

34

UTEP

55.8%

27.8%

28.0%

94

UTAH

75.0%

60.0%

15.0%

35

AKRON

60.0%

32.8%

27.2%

95

VIRGINIA TECH

85.2%

70.5%

14.8%

36

TULANE

50.0%

23.1%

26.9%

96

BOWLING GRN

67.4%

52.6%

14.8%

37

NEW MEX ST

46.0%

19.3%

26.7%

97

NEW MEXICO

60.7%

46.2%

14.6%

38

OKLA ST

64.9%

38.3%

26.6%

98

EAST CAROLINA

53.1%

38.9%

14.2%

39

SMU

37.7%

11.5%

26.2%

99

Air Force

61.8%

47.9%

13.9%

40

UCLA

67.9%

41.7%

26.2%

100

KENT

40.4%

26.8%

13.6%

41

WKU

75.9%

50.0%

25.9%

101

NORTHWESTERN

56.4%

42.9%

13.5%

42

MISSISSIPPI

60.0%

34.1%

25.9%

102

ARMY

26.5%

13.0%

13.5%

43

UAB

56.3%

30.4%

25.9%

103

MIAMI FL

80.7%

68.1%

12.6%

44

ARKANSAS

69.2%

43.6%

25.6%

104

WEST VIRGINIA

74.1%

63.0%

11.1%

45

HOUSTON

59.6%

34.0%

25.6%

105

GEORGIA TECH

68.4%

57.4%

11.0%

46

MINNESOTA

62.1%

37.0%

25.1%

106

OHIO STATE

87.1%

76.2%

10.9%

47

CONNECTICUT

61.8%

36.7%

25.1%

107

MIAMI OH

60.0%

49.2%

10.8%

48

FRESNO ST

76.5%

51.7%

24.7%

108

STANFORD

43.4%

32.7%

10.7%

49

CALIFORNIA

67.3%

42.9%

24.4%

109

DUKE

18.5%

8.0%

10.5%

50

UCF

58.8%

34.5%

24.3%

110

BALL ST

53.2%

43.1%

10.1%

51

MISS ST

44.6%

20.8%

23.8%

111

TENNESSEE

73.8%

64.3%

9.5%

52

BOSTON COLL

78.9%

55.3%

23.6%

112

USC

85.5%

76.0%

9.5%

53

KENTUCKY

48.3%

25.0%

23.3%

113

ARIZONA

42.4%

33.3%

9.0%

54

TCU

86.5%

63.5%

23.1%

114

NOTRE DAME

62.5%

53.5%

9.0%

55

TULSA

61.1%

38.2%

22.9%

115

VANDERBILT

34.5%

26.1%

8.4%

56

OHIO

52.2%

29.3%

22.9%

116

WAKE FOREST

53.6%

45.8%

7.7%

57

IDAHO

35.7%

13.1%

22.6%

117

NAVY

52.1%

46.2%

5.9%

58

MICHIGAN ST

60.0%

37.8%

22.2%

118

WASH ST

53.6%

47.9%

5.7%

59

AUBURN

79.7%

57.5%

22.2%

119

TEXAS

92.6%

87.8%

4.8%

60

ALABAMA

67.2%

45.0%

22.2%

120

GEORGIA

82.5%

84.2%

-1.8%

All 120 Teams

62.6%

40.5%

22.1%

Troy St wins 88% of its home games and only 37% of the time on the road. That makes playing in Movie Gallery Stadium a tough test. Of course Troy
does play a lot of BCS non conference teams on the road and hosts some FCS or 1AA teams as well as the Sun Belt so that has something to do with the
difference. I would expect the majority of the top 25 to be made up of non BCS schools who must take on the big boys away from home in money games.
There are some surprising BCS conference schools in the Top 15 and most of those teams are ones that I equate as having solid home field edges and this bears that out. Virginia wins 74% of its games at home but only 35% of the time on the road and tier 39% difference is 4th highest in the NCAA. Kansas wins 63% of their games at home and just 26% on the road and interestingly they have just 3 Big 12 home games this year playing 5 away from home. Penn St and Iowa have two of the tougher home stadiums and both are in the top 10 in terms of disparity between home and away records. Kansas St Nebraska and
USF are next on the list. I personally thought Texas Tech would be top 5 as they are 47-10 at home in Lubbock (82.5%) but they are just #14 in terms of
disparity as they have won 49% of their road games. Iowa St and Oregon St are not surprises to be at the top as I rate both as having large home edges
and being average on the road.

I have to admit before I produced the chart my first question was is there a team or teams in the NCAA that has a higher winning % on the road than they do at home? The answer is yes. Georgia has actually won 84.2% of their true away games while winning just 82.5% Between the Hedges. Teams
that perform almost as well on the road as they do at home are Texas, Wash St, Navy, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Arizona, USC and Tennessee.
Check the chart above for the exact percentages.

This is a category that I will factor into my home field edges for next season. This also has me thinking of providing a road rating for each team in next years magazine! In an upcoming blurb I will provide the data that went into my home field rankings for this year.